Avoiding Past Mistakes

Yesterday, I referred to the “Nervous Nellies” in the GOP who want to restrain Donald Trump from deporting the 10 to 15 million illegal migrants currently in the country, just like they undermined his plan to build the wall.

Trump’s signature issue was thwarted in his first two years by certain Republicans in Congress, who paid more attention to the Washington Post editorial page than their own voters. Eventually, Trump went around them to get the necessary funds to at least get the wall started.

I hope Republicans don’t make that mistake again. A new Rasmussen poll finds that 64% of voters support Trump’s plan to launch “the largest deportation program” in history.

This poll isn’t an outlier. Other polls also found broad support for Trump’s immigration agenda. (Here and here.)

And there’s another example the GOP should learn from. Britain’s Conservative Party suffered a historic landslide defeat this summer largely because of one issue: their repeated failure to deliver on promises to secure Britain’s borders and end illegal immigration.